INTRODUCTION The focus of the criminal justice system in Canada and all around the world for hundreds of years has been retributive justice. One of the main ideas has been you do the crime, you do the time. Thus, all of our prisons were beginning to fill up and exceed their capacity. This was a...

Deviance Abstract Based on the world as we see it today through our own eyes, we can tell that society is undergoing a constant change. You only need to pick up a newspaper or read a magazine to realize that society is different from from past decades. Children today are born into a tech...

Mark Sirignano027-66-7577Tues. Thur. 9:25-10:4012-14-99"Deviance in Gang Involvement: Why Join a Gang?"The problem of gang activity is not a new one facing our country. Ever since the beginnings of human existence gangs have served as a means of protection for humans. The issue of gang activity h...

It is early in the morning, and the well-dressed young African-American man driving his Ford Explorer on I-75 sees the blue lights of the Georgia State Patrol car behind him. The officer pulls behind the sport utility vehicle and the young man's heart begins to sink.He is on his way to Atlanta for a...

What Causes Chicanos to Join Gangs and How DoesThat Decision Affect Their Lives?It is a cold and dark night in East Los Angeles. The streets are empty except for a few people on their way home. Then out of the shadows comes a car slowly driving down the streets. There are four young men heavily arme...